Snow petrel stomach oil deposits ("Antarctic mumiyo") as archives for the environmental history of terrestrial East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Berg, Sonja, Melles, Martin, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: SCAR 2017
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46228/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46228/1/PAIS17_Berg2_1A.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.a34358da-6adb-4b59-87dd-45ecc6b5494e

Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) are endemic to Antarctica. Their feeding grounds are located within the pack ice or open waters of the Southern Ocean. They feed on fish, krill and squid with changing proportions depending on sea ice conditions. The birds breed in un-glaciated areas along the coast bu...